https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/08/upshot/democratic-electorate-twitter-real-life.html

Social media out of step with the real world? That’s unpossible!

«Today’s Democratic Party is increasingly perceived as dominated by its “woke” left wing. But the views of Democrats on social media often bear little resemblance to those of the wider Democratic electorate.

….

But it would also be a mistake to assume that outrage on social media means outrage throughout the broader electorate. And it would be a mistake to assume that more moderate Democrats are out of step with the party’s electorate.»

https://twitter.com/1followernodad/status/1114948870415376384?s=17

(Prolly time to get off Twitter now, since I’m just repeating whatever random bits of obvious truth float down my stream.)

Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) Tweeted:

When people talk about climate change killing people it’s likely to look a whole ton more like this than whatever image you might have of getting too hot or sea levels rising into your house or whatever. https://t.co/S47LaW9vhz

http://stephaniehurlburt.com/blog/2019/1/4/a-story-of-a-deal-gone-wrong

Moar web randomness:

«Over and over, I’m reminded that toxic people make you feel like there’s nothing better out there. But, oh, there is.

I guess I thought it’d all pay off financially. But as I talked to experienced business people, I was reminded that people you can’t count on to treat you well personally probably shouldn’t be counted on to treat you well financially.»

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-louisiana-fires-idUSKCN1RI0HM

«The number of hate crimes in the United States increased 17 percent in 2017, the third consecutive year such attacks rose, according to FBI data released last fall.»

https://twitter.com/sternbergh/status/1113979302914211840

Great. Now all my cube-mates think I’m crazy. Again.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/lisa-neubauers-likely-defeat-warning-democrats/586504/

Democrats: careful with the early celebrations. https://youtu.be/dRN99zNjRHY

«So what happened?

“The base woke up,” one GOP official texted me.»

http://www.erynnbrook.com/the-girl-on-the-train/

Sitting here in my cubicle, wiping my eyes.

«“Are you having a seizure now?” I asked. “No, but I’m about to.” She looked down at the monitor on her finger. “Can you sit with me until your stop?”»

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-write-thank-you-email-after-job-interview-2019-4

Interesting.

«we look to hire “good eggs.” The thank-you email is a mark for the good-egg column.»

https://twitter.com/C_doc_911/status/1114126734486659072?s=17

I see we’re moving on to dehumanizing the people we don’t like.

𝕊𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝔹𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖☤ (@C_doc_911) Tweeted:

One of the worst criminals to ever inhabit the White House says illegals aren’t people, “they’re animals”. https://t.co/jG9fFJ11A1

http://genocidewatch.org/genocide/tenstagesofgenocide.html

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/7/14456154/dehumanization-psychology-explained

https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/04/03/sarah-jeong-is-watching-the-web-from-portland-she-sees-a-pile-of-garbage/

Good article. There are solutions, I’m sure (e.g., regulation), and we should pursue them, but also: we humans have individual responsibilities in what we do, on and off the web.

Just “solving” the problem is not enough.